Yamagata

Yamagata City is the "cherry city." Yamagata residents grow cherries over one year. Flowers bloom in spring. Fruits ripen in summer. June is harvest. For Yamagata residents, "taking one year" is normal. Cherries have one-year cycle. Can't hurry. Grow slowly. But motorsports is a sport of "1 second." Fractions of seconds change rankings. Time scales too different from Yamagata residents' "1 year." Yamagata has Japan's highest cherry production (about 70% nationwide). Yamagata residents "pride cherries." Sato-nishiki. Beni-shuho. Premium cherries. Some cherries cost ¥1,000 per piece. Yamagata residents seek "high quality." Take time. Take effort. For Yamagata residents, "speed" means "roughness." Motorsports' "1 second" is incomprehensible. Yamagata's population is about 250,000. Today again, Yamagata residents grow cherries over one year. Circuits? That's where you fight for "1 second." Yamagata residents take "1 year."